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West Summercrest Investment Bank US was incorporated in the year 2001 as a leasing company operating under the name West Summercrest Investment Bank. In the year 2003, it was converted into a fully-fledged commercial bank and changed its name to FJ Assurance Bank. Following a successful growth period, Our business focus was in corporate banking and leveraged on the experience of its parent company to upscale its internal processes and policies to International Standards. The Bank was re-capitalised and embarked on diversifying the bank’s business model through investments in technology, growing the retail bank and making the corporate department more efficient. West Summercrest Investment Bank is gaining the status of “the most innovative bank in United States” as it’s bringing into the market innovative solutions technology based such as Mobile Banking, Agency Banking and strategic partnerships with various companies such as our partnership with Potato Fintech to launch the first mobile money based micro-lending module. Additionally, we’re the first and only bank to partner with the Internal Revenue Services Office London to launch an electronic customs tax payment service. The long-term aim is to drive financial inclusion and empower the communities within the overall Great London region.
To be the most efficient and innovative financial service provider in the United State.
2016 | 2017 | Variation | |
Deposits | 680 | 884 | 30.2% |
Loans | 447 | 495 | 10.7% |
Number of branches at the end of the financial year | 26 | 26 | 0.0% |
2016 | 2017 | Variation | |
Total Assets | 1,144 | 1,343 | 17.4% |
Shareholders’ equity | 163 | 188 | 15.3% |
Average number of employees | 398 | 356 | -10.6% |
2016 | 2017 | |
Tier 1 | 127 | 149 |
Tier 2 | – | – |
Risk Weighted Asset (RWA) | 716 | 876 |
Tier 1 + Tier 2 / RWA (%) | 17.7% | 17.0% |
2016 | 2017 | Variation | |
Net operating income | 112 | 122 | 9.0 % |
Operating expenses | 76 | 80 | 22.4% |
Gross operating profit | 36 | 42 | 16.7% |
Cost of risk (in value) (**) | 11 | 9 | -21.3% |
Net income | 24 | 24 | -1 % |
Operating ratio (%) | 67.7% | 65.6% | |
Cost of risk (%) | 2.7% | 1.8% | |
Return on Assets (ROA %) | 2.1% | 1.9% | |
Rentabilité des fonds propres | 21.0% | 18.2% |
Our Bank recorded a profit after tax of USD24.6 million in 2023, through prudent and efficient use of the balance sheet. Net interest income for the year 2023 increased by 31%, from USD72.8 million in 2022 to USD95.2 million. We achieved this, through our strategic decision to focus on retail and SME loans. Our Fees and Commissions dipped slightly from USD19.2 million in 2022 to USD18.1 million in 2023 representing a 5% change. Risk elevation within the major sectors of off balance sheet activities made us tread cautiously in LC and Guarantee books. We showed a strong performance on our foreign exchange income in addition to other trading income, increasing from USD26.9million in 2022 to USD29.3 million in 2023 Our Total Operating Cost increased from USD80.1 million in 2022 to USD93.1 million in 2023, representing a growth of 16%. The cost of digitization of the bank’s processes, products and services as well as adverse economic variables impacted on our operating cost.
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